ODM director of elections Junet Mohamed has defended party leader Raila Odinga over allegations that he is a beneficiary of graft from counties under opposition governors.
He said that Odinga has no executive authority over counties and should not be asked to answer questions of corruption involving ODM governors.
“It is trivial for the Jubilee administration to paint Odinga as a beneficiary of graft in counties whose governors were elected on an ODM ticket,” said Mohamed.
This comes after National Assembly Majority Leader Aden Duale on Thursday called Odinga the Lord of graft accusing him of receiving a monthly stipends from ODM counties.
Duale claimed that he has in his possession 20 air tickets and hotel receipts paid for Odinga by the ‘ODM-controlled counties’.
“Odinga sits atop the biggest public looting syndicate ever seen in Kenya, overseeing the siphoning of billions annually from the budgets of more than a dozen counties,” said Duale.